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Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
Lot 91:
Basket bag with handles, and fibrous tufts at corners, intricate multi-colored (grey, beige, red) weave design.
Similar items described as carrying bags to be worn over the shoulder or arm gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University (36-105-70/388), and the American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology (80/9018).
Locale: Kaup, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Material: Plant fiber, pigment
Date: circa 1900
Dimensions: 18" x 24"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University (36-105-70/388)
https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/5/title-desc?t:state:flow=8d69fbdf-eb8d-4acb-8afe-30 5030b8cd2c
American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology (80/9018)
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209018
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